National Observatory of Migration and Health

Date Shared:

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 15:25

Countries and areas:

Colombia

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 1: End poverty

Goal 2: Zero hunger

Goal 3: Good health and well being

Goal 4: Quality education

Goal 4: Quality education - 4.b on international scholarships

Goal 5: Gender equality

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Goal 13: Climate action

Goal 14: Life below water

Goal 15: Life on land

Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Targets on counter trafficking

Targets on vulnerability and protection

Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation

Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies

Objective 2: Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin

Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration

Objective 4: Ensure that all migrants have proof of legal identity and adequate documentation

Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration

Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work

Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration

Objective 8: Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants

Objective 9: Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants

Objective 10: Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration

Objective 11: Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated manner

Objective 12: Strengthen certainty and predictability in migration procedures for appropriate screening, assessment and referral

Objective 13: Use migration detention only as a measure of last resort and work towards alternatives

Objective 14: Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration cycle

Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants

Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences

Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries

Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants

Objective 21: Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration

Objective 22: Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits

Objective 23: Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration

Contributors:

International Organizations

Regional Consultative Processes and International Regional Fora

Chairmanship:

France 2022-2023

Geographical Relevance:

Regional

Tags:

Capacity Building, Children and Youth, Cities and Municipalities, Climate, Climate Change and Disaster Displacement, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Connectivity and Migration, Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Costs of Migration, Data and Research, Decent Work, Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement, Diaspora Investment and Entrepreneurship, Discrimination and Xenophobia, Diversity, Inclusiveness and Social Cohesion, Drivers of Migration, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants, Empowerment of Women and Girls, Evaluation and Impact Assessment, Fair and Ethical Recruitment, Forced Migration, Gender, GFMD Process-related Documents, Immigration, Irregular Migration, Labor Mobility, Legal Frameworks on Migration, Livelihoods and Job Creation, Local Development, Low and Unskilled Migration, Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning, Migrant Domestic Workers, Migrant Protection and Assistance, Migrants in Vulnerable Situations, Migration and Education, Migration and Family, Migration and Health, Migration Governance, Migration Handbooks, Migration in the United Nations, Migration Management, Migration Profiles, Migration, Agriculture and Rural Development, Migration, Trade and Investments, Pathways for Regular Migration, Policy Coherence, Portability of Social Benefits, Public-Private Partnerships, Recognition of Skills and Qualifications, Regional Consultative Processes and International Regional Fora, Remittances, Return and Reintegration, Skilled Migration, Sustainable Development , Technology and Migration, Temporary and Circular Labour Migration, Trafficking and Human Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons, Transfer of Values, Ideas, Knowledge and Skills, UN Network on Migration, Unaccompanied Children and Youth

Summary:

In response to the migratory crisis that Colombia has experienced since 2015 due to the migratory flow from Venezuela. Taking into account the need that the Colombian State has to consolidate at the national level timely, and pertinent information on the characterization of the migrant population. Its situation of health, and access to health for the formulation, implementation, and monitoring of health care programs, strategies, and projects. The Ministry of Health, and Social Protection launched on December 2th, 2020 the National Observatory of Migration and Health. In order to make available to the migrant population, community-based organizations, academia, cooperators, the government, and the community in general sufficient, reliable, and timely information for the formulation, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of public health policies, by characterizing of the population, situation and access to health, as well as the updating of the regulations. This observatory on the microsite of the ministry's page makes visible the health situation of the migrant population through infographics, reports of registered morbidity by type of health services used.

Taking the above into account, the Observatory considers the following population subgroups in the population characterization:

• Migrant boys, girls, teenagers, adults, and older adults in Colombia.
• Migrant pregnant women in Colombia.
• Population with ethnic self-recognition. With special attention to the indigenous population in binational territory.
• Returned Colombians.
• Colombians abroad.

Likewise, for the Observatory it is of interest to know the possibility of insurance and effective access to health services by migrants in the national territory. And in this sense, the sub-lines of work that it proposes are the following:
• Assurance to the General System of Social Security in Health - SGSSS.
• Access to health services: i) Promotion and Prevention, ii) Treatment and cure, and iii) Rehabilitation.

Link:

The Observatory is available at the following link: https://www.sispro.gov.co/observatorios/onmigracionysalud/Paginas/Observ...

GFMD Source:

* Prevention and reduction of displacement risk
* Adaptation policies aimed at increasing the resilience of the affected population
* Accompanying policies when displacements related to risks are
inevitable
• Assurance to the General System of Social Security in Health - SGSSS.
• Access to health services: i) Promotion and Prevention, ii) Treatment and cure, and iii) Rehabilitation.